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Russell Kirk
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American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and writer (1918–1994)
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Russell Kirk (1918–1994) was an American political scientist, philosopher, literary critic, and historian. Born in Plymouth and educated at the University of St Andrews, Duke University, and Michigan State University, he served in World War II. He was a member of the Catholic Church and spoke English.
Kirk received the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Presidential Citizens Medal. He was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Novelette. His notable works include *The American College*, *Gateway to the Stoics*, *The Century's Best Horror Fiction. Volume 2*, *The Dark Descent*, and *Breve Manual de Conservadorismo*. He authored 59 works and had five works indexed in Crossref.
He is referenced by 1,351 other encyclopedia articles. Kirk died in Mecosta.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 19 October 1918
- Died
- April 1994
- Works
- 59
Top works
- The American college
- Gateway to the Stoics
- The Century's Best Horror Fiction. Volume 2
- The Dark Descent
- Breve Manual de Conservadorismo
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1935-08-07
- Active to
- 1977-12-05
Discography
- Triple Threat1957
- Introducing Roland Kirk1960
- Kirk’s Work1961
- We Free Kings1961
- Domino1962
- Reeds & Deeds1963
- Gifts & Messages1964
- I Talk With the Spirits1965
- Slightly Latin1966
- The Jazz Corps1967
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 43
- Total plays
- 335
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Russell+Kirk">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
· 2000 · cited 23,019x
- A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein
· 1982 · cited 18,691x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- Atherosclerosis — An Inflammatory Disease
· 1999 · cited 17,125x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,894x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “There are six canons of conservative thought:”
- “Rousseau and his disciples were resolved to force men to be free; in most of the world, they triumphed; men are set free from family, church, town, class, guild; yet they wear, instead, the chains of the state, and they expire of ennui or stifling lonelines.”
- “The twentieth-century conservative is concerned, first of all, for the regeneration of the spirit and character – with the perennial problem of the inner order of the soul, the restoration of the ethical understanding, and the religious sanction upon which any life worth living is founded. This is conservatism at its highest.”
- “Even the wisest of mankind cannot live by reason alone; pure arrogant reason, denying the claims of prejudice (which commonly are also the claims of conscience), leads to a wasteland of withered hopes and crying loneliness, empty of God and man: the wilderness in which Satan tempted Christ was not more dreadful than the arid expanse of intellectual vanity deprived of tradition and intuition, where modern man is tempted by his own pride.”
- “Burke, could he see our century, never would concede that a consumption-society is the end for which Providence has prepared man.”
- “Either order in the cosmos is real, or all is chaos. If we are adrift in chaos, then the fragile egalitarian doctrines and emancipating programs of the revolutionary reformers have no significance; for in a vortex of chaos, only force and appetite signify.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Russell Amos Kirk , ( 1918-10-19 ) October 19, 1918, Plymouth, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- April 29, 1994 (1994-04-29) (aged 75), Mecosta, Michigan , U.S.
- Spouse
- Annette Courtemanche ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 )
- Education
- Michigan State University ( BA ), Duke University ( MA ), University of St Andrews ( DLitt )
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- School
- Traditionalist conservatism , American conservatism , Christian humanism
- Main interests
- Politics, history, fiction
- Notable works
- The Conservative Mind Roots of American Order
- Website
- kirkcenter .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Russell
- Family name
- Kirk
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Plymouth
- Place of death
- Mecosta
- Occupation
- peace activist
- Educated at
- Michigan State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Russell Kirk.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1918-10-19
- date of death
- 1994-04-29
- Commons category
- Russell Kirk
- name in native language
- Russell Kirk
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Russell Amos Kirk (October 19, 1918 – April 29, 1994) was an American political philosopher, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, lecturer, author, and novelist who influenced 20th century American conservatism. In 1953, he authored The Conservative Mind, which outlined and traced the development of socio-conservative thought in the works of Anglo-American tradition, such as those of Edmund Burke. The book helped establish the intellectual framework for a religious and humanistic understanding of conservatism in the postwar era. Kirk was the chief proponent of traditionalist conservatism.
Scholars have identified Kirk as an important twentieth-century proponent of Christian humanism, placing him in conversation with figures such as T. S. Eliot, Christopher Dawson, and Romano Guardini.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Russell Kirk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.